One hundred and ninety years to the day after Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine, and t ...

One hundred and ninety years to the day after Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine, and the combination of Saudi rhetoric and a solid jobs report has switched off the ignition for any ...

Twenty-three years to the day after Charlie Brown hit his first home run in the Peanuts comic strip, and ...

Twenty-three years to the day after Charlie Brown hit his first home run in the Peanuts comic strip, and crude prices are swinging for the fences ahead of the weekly inventory report, rallying strongl ...

One hundred and sixty-eight years to the day after Niagara Falls stopped flowing due to an ice jam, and o ...

One hundred and sixty-eight years to the day after Niagara Falls stopped flowing due to an ice jam, and ongoing skepticism about a coordinated oil production freeze is meaning bullish positioning is c ...

To mark St. Patrick's Day, the crude bulls have the luck of the Irish, as prices push on the green. As ho ...

To mark St. Patrick's Day, the crude bulls have the luck of the Irish, as prices push on the green. As hopes of a production cut meeting next month rise once more, so does the price of black gold, Tex ...

Seventy-eight years after oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom continues to wield its infl ...

Seventy-eight years after oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom continues to wield its influence as much as ever. As oil prices charge lower today as short-covering seems to have run its ...

On the 84th birthday of the most wonderful Keely Smith (no relation, by the way), the oil market is rever ...

On the 84th birthday of the most wonderful Keely Smith (no relation, by the way), the oil market is reversing yesterday's losses and going 'zooma zooma' to the upside, despite an impending solid build ...

Eighty-three years after the board game Monopoly was invented, and oil prices are not represented by the ...

Eighty-three years after the board game Monopoly was invented, and oil prices are not represented by the iron (they are not flat), nor by the hat (there appears no lid). Instead they are represented b ...

One hundred and thirty-nine years after Emile Berliner invented the microphone, and a strong nonfarm payr ...

One hundred and thirty-nine years after Emile Berliner invented the microphone, and a strong nonfarm payrolls report has amplified the weekly gain for crude into the weekend, at least for now. Let's g ...

One hundred and ninety-nine years after the the first commercial steamboat route from (the mighty!) Louis ...

One hundred and ninety-nine years after the the first commercial steamboat route from (the mighty!) Louisville to New Orleans was opened, and the crude complex appears to be running out of steam. Here ...

One hundred and thirty-eight years after the first US bicycle club was formed (the Boston Bicycle Club), ...

One hundred and thirty-eight years after the first US bicycle club was formed (the Boston Bicycle Club), and crude prices are freewheeling lower once more. We have equity markets spiraling lower, as f ...

One hundred and seventy-six years after the birth of John Boyd Dunlop, and the crude complex is coming un ...

One hundred and seventy-six years after the birth of John Boyd Dunlop, and the crude complex is coming under pressure again. It is Nonfarm Friday, which means that the market is all a'flustered, diges ...